Sash holder and starter



May 26, 1931. R. T. AXE

SASH HOLDERAND STARTER Filed Aug. 11, 1926 A TTORNEYS tion.

Patented May 26, 1931 warren STATES PATENT OFFICE ROY '1. AXE, OFSYRACUSE, NEW YORK, AS SIGNQR TO THE 0. M. EDWARDS COMPANY INC., OFSYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SASH HOLDER AND STARTERApplication filed August 11, 1926. Serial No..128',554. V

This invention relates to sash holders, locks or latches having sashstarting means as a plunger operating to press upon the window sill andstart the sash out of its closed posi- It has for its object aparticularly simple and compact construction or arrangement of theoperating levers for the holding means and for the sash starter, wherebysaid levers are both grasped pinch-handle fashion 1 and move relativelyto each other or toward each other until their movement is limited, andthe movement of the sash starter handle is prevented so that it acts asa rigid handle until the sash lock is withdrawn, when both .15 act as ahandle rigid with the casing of the device.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations andconstructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters represent corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a sash lock embodying my invention, thecontiguous part interlocking of the sash starting plunger with itsoperating lever.

This sash starter and holder comprises,

generally, a detent for coacting with the sash to normally look thewindow from being raised, a sash starting plunger located to pushagainst the sill of the window frame, operating members both arrangedone above the other so that each moves toward the other during theoperation thereof, said levers being arranged to be grasped pinch handlefashion.

The detent member may be of any suitable form, size and construction andthat here shown is a separate part from its operating lever although inmany instances the detent member is an integral partof its operatinglever.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the detent member isshown as a sliding bolt 1, movable through a side wall of a recess 2,formed in the casing 3, which recess opens'throughthelower face of thecasing. This bolt is guided in a passage in one side wall and has a stem4: extending through a passage in the opposite side wall. A spring 5encircles the stem and thrusts against the detent to force it outwardlyinto its locking position. The operating member 6 for the detent 1 isalso mounted in the recess 2 and is here shown as an angle lever havingabearing at its angle, which fits on a stud 7 projecting from the bottomof the recess 2, one arm of the lever extending through a side wall ofthe recess to the outside of the casing in position to be engaged by thehand of theoperator. The other arm of the lever extends upwardly and isinterlocked with the detent 1 to transmit motion thereto and also toprevent axial displacement of the lever 6 off the stud 7 except bymanipulation intended to so displace the lever 6..

The construction of the lever 6 and dctent 1 is shown in the patent ofEdward F. ChaifeeNo. 1,567,571, dated December 29, 1925. I

8 designates the sash starter which is a plunger movable through thelower wall of the recess 2, it having a head 9 within the recess.

The spring 10 encircles the stem within the recess and thrusts upwardlyon the head 9. This spring, however, may be omitted.

11 is the operating lever for the plunger, it having a bearing betweenits ends mounted on a stud 12 projecting from the bottom of the recess 2similar to the stud 7. The inner arm 13 of this lever 11 overlies thehead 9 of the plunger and the outer arm thereof extends through the sidewall of the lever 2 below the lever 6 in position to be grasped pinchhandle fashion therewith.

These levers 6 and ll normally diverge from each other.

The lever 11 or the inner arm 13 thereof and the plunger 8 are providedwith interlever 11 off the stud 12, and as seen in Figure 4 the arm 13of the lever 11 is formed with a depending lip 14L engaging a flattenedside on the head 9 of the plunger 8. No means other than theinterlocking feature is required to hold the lever in its assembledposition. Also the passages in the side wall of the casing 3 throughwhich the levers 6 and 11 extend to the outside of the casing, openthrough the rear edge of said casing, so that the levers aredisplaceable and removable from the casing by a rectilinear movement.

In operation the operator grasps both handles 6 and 11 and applies apinching pressure thereto. As the end of the plunger 8 is against thesill and as the sash 1 is locked from upward movement by the detent 1,no movement of the lever 11 takes place until after the lever 6 has beenoperated to withdraw the detent 1 when the lever 11 moves upwardly tocause the sash starter and plunger 8 to push downwardly on the sill andpush the sash up. These movements of the lever take place without anythought on the part of the operator who merely grasps both handles,pinches them toward each other and lifts. The movement of the leverstoward each other is limited by the levers engaging each other.

What I claim is 1- 1. A sash holder and starter comprising a detentmember and a starter member, handles for operating said members movablein opposite directions toward each other and arranged to be graspedpinch handle fash- 1011.

2. A sash holder and starter comprising a detent member, a startermember, levers for actuating said members, the levers being arranged oneabove the other in relation to be grasped pinch handle fashion, andmovable toward each other on their pivots.

3. A sash holder and starter comprising a casing formed with a recessopening through its rear face, and having a passage in one edge wallthereof, a detent movable through said passage to the outside of thecasing, a lever connected to the detent to actuate it, a sash startingplunger movable through the lower wall of the recess, a lever pivoted inthe recess and having an arm pressing against the upper end of theplunger, the levers being arranged one above the other in position to begrasped pinch handle fashion.

l. A sash starter comprising a casing, a sash starter member movablethrough the lower wall of the casing, a stud projecting from the bottomof the casing, a lever having a bearing on the stud and having one armthereof acting on the starter member, the starter member and the portionof the arm of the lever coacting therewith having interlocking partspreventing axial displace ment of the lever off the stud.

5. A sash starter comprising a casing, a stud projecting from theportion of the easing, a sash starter plunger movable through the lowerwall of the casing, a lever having a bearing on the stud and having onearm thereof pressing against the head of the plunger, the plunger headand the portion of the arm of the lever coacting therewith havinginterlocking parts preventing axial displacement of the lever off thestud.

6. A sash starter comprising a casing, a sash starter plunger movablethrough the lower wall of the casing, a finger lever pivoted in thecasing and displaceable by an axial movement, the lever having one armthereof pressing against the head of the plunger, the plunger head andthe portion of the arm of the lever coacting therewith havinginterlocking parts, arranged to prevent such axial displacement.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, inthe county of Onondaga, and in the State of New York, this 6th day ofAugust, 1926.

ROY T. AXE.

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